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South Cariboo Labour Council snuffed after 36 years

Cariboo Regional District (CRD) deputy chief administrative officer Rick Hodgson was awarded the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia Association's Top in Technology award.

MLA Donna Barnett doesn't want a fall election

Invasive plants under the microscope

100 Mile House RCMP report

The B.C. Public School Employers' Association applied to the labour board for a ruling expected by Friday, saying the B.C. Teachers' Federation continues to try to negotiate provincial issues such as class size and staffing ratios at local district bargaining tables.

Tributes are pouring in for federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, who died of cancer early Monday at age 61. Layton's death comes just months after Layton led the NDP to Official Opposition status in Canadian Parliament, a first for the party.

B.C.'s high school grads were leaving millions in scholarship money on the table by not writing optional final exams, so the education ministry has changed the system to make sure the aid gets to students who do well on mandatory tests.

Tourists are lining up at U.S. border crossings instead of heading to B.C.'s favourite coastal getaways, and summer traffic on BC Ferries is down about four per cent as a result.

The annual Williams Lake 4-H Show and Sale begins Friday morning.